Houston Plastic Surgery Blog

The FDA has approved the use of silicon breast implants for breast augmentation. Silicone implants are safe and natural looking. There are many advantages to having silicone breast implants. Houston Breast Surgeon Dr. Lapuerta will discuss silicone implants with you and answer all of your questions in a personal breast augmentation consultation.

Silicon breast implants are very sturdy and will not rupture with daily activities and other activities such as exercising. You can participate in all the activities you did before you had breast implants. This means that you can continue running, swimming, boxing, skiing, and all the other fun activities that you enjoy.

The FDA highly recommends that women with breast implants have checkups about every two years. This is to make sure that the breast implants have not developed any issues. It is very unlikely that your breast implants will develop issues, but it is still in your best interest to make sure with routine checkups.

These routine checkups will include an MRI that is non-invasive. The MRI will take a complete image of your breasts and breast implants. If there are any issues or if a rupture has occurred, the MRI will notice the problem.

Please contact our Houston breast surgery office to schedule a breast augmentation consultation with Dr. Leo Lapuerta.